Carson's Baby Blessing

This is what it looked like around here the Sunday morning Carson got blessed. Jacob's family had arrived the day before and Rebecca's family was still living here.

That added up to 4 extra adults and 7 little children who went with us to church to see our 9th grandchild--David Carson Excell--be blessed. 

I was never so happy to have Sarah feeding all of us that day!! The luncheon was super delicious and everyone enjoyed the food and the visiting.

Jeff and Sarah, you have an adorable new son. Thanks for the wonderful time we had at your home.

And thanks for the pictures I stole from your blog. You had some good ones I wanted to have in this post just in case I ever get around to turning this blog into a book.

Another Car, Another Animal, Another Calamity

Remember the blog post in October entitled "A Car, A Cow, A Catastrophe?" It was the sad story of our brand new Avalon crashing into a cow.

Well, it has happened again...

We bought a brand new Crosstour last month. We just got the new license plates put on the car a couple of weeks ago.

Glen got up in the wee hours of the morning so he could be in Price first thing this morning for an appointment with a customer. On the way there, driving in the dark, he hit a deer.

NOT AGAIN!!! How could this happen twice--to two brand spanking new cars????!!!????

The hood, the front side of the car, the driver's side door and the back door all got smashed in. 

As I was telling the story to Brooke and Caroline, they both got very concerned when Brooke asked, "Did Grandpa hit the reindeer with the shiny nose?"

 Glen told me to assure the little girls it was not Rudolph because he would have seen it coming!

Quotes of the Week

"Just one mental shift -- focusing on the abundance of your environment--switches your psychological settings so that your life automatically improves in many areas you may think are
unrelated. This is essentially a leap from fear to faith."
-- Martha Beck

"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine."
-- John C. Maxwell


"Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill."
 -- Jacob Braude

Quotes of the Week

"The only way to get positive feelings about yourself is to take positive actions. Man does not live as he thinks, he thinks as he lives."
-- Vaughan Quinn

 "Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan."
-- Tony Robbins

"If you have something to do that is worthwhile doing, don't talk about it, but do it. After you have done it, your friends and enemies will talk about it."
-- George W. Blount